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Biblioscape provides several ways to print references. The most popular way is to print references using an output style. So references will be printed in a format specified in the selected style. Biblioscape comes with 2000 plus styles and you can create custom styles. So this is also the most flexible way to print references.

Print formatted references

You can print selected references in any output style defined in Biblioscape. First, select the references you want to print out. Then, click the menu command "File | Print Bibliography" (Ctrl+P) or the Print button on the toolbar. If there is only one reference selected, Biblioscape assumes you want to print all the references in the current list. Once the Print window is shown, you can change the output style used. The default style used is the one selected on the references module toolbar. You can use the combo box to select another style and the print preview will change accordingly. Click the Print button to start printing. 

Click the "Save..." button to save the current print preview as an RTF file. You can send the file to others or open it in a word processor. Click the "Page Setup" button if you want to change the paper size, orientation, margins, etc.

Print subject bibliography

Subject bibliography is a list of formatted references under subject headings. The subject could be any field in Biblioscape. The most popular ones are author, folder, keyword, journal, year, etc. Subject bibliography can be used to generate journal abstracts, subject index, awareness list, etc.

1. In Biblioscape reference list, select the references you want to include for subject bibliography. If no reference is selected, all references in the current list will be included. You can run a search first to limit references to a sub-set.
2. Go to menu command "File | Print Bibliography...".
3. Check the box "Subject bibliography" on the top left corner.
4. Under the subject bibliography section, select the field to be used as subject heading. Select the sort field for the subject list. Next select if the subject headings will be sorted in ascending or descending order. The sorting order for the references under one subject heading is determined by the sorting order in your reference list. If you pick sort by "Count". The subject headings will be sorted by the number of references under each subject heading. You can choose which output style to use to format the references using the "Output style" combo box at the top. Click the "Generate List" button to produce the subject bibliography.
5. To print the subject bibliography, click the "Print" button. To save the subject bibliography as a RTF file, click the "Save..." button.

Print references reports

Another way to print references is to use the built-in database report writer. There are more than 10 pre-built reports for you to choose from. You can also build new reports from scratch with a wizard, or modify existing reports.

1. Go to the menu command "File | Report" and select a desired report from the combo box.
2. Click the menu command "File | Report | Print Report".

The database report writer can be a very powerful tool in the hands of an expert user. You can even build a report with two data sources in a master-detail relationship. For example, the master level can be a list of keywords and the detail level a list of all references containing a specific keyword. There are a few sample reports that group references by the following fields: Author, Journal, Folder, Keyword, Year.